''Compsolechia peculella'' is a
moth of the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by
August Busck
Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology. He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over ...
in 1914. It is found in
Panama.
The
wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are white but so strongly and evenly overlaid with dark brown scales as to be obscured, except under magnification. Near the base is a broad, outwardly oblique, dark brown costal streak, reaching beyond the fold and on the middle of the costa is a large, triangular spot, reaching to the lower edge of the cell. There is a small, moon-shaped, dark brown spot at the end of the cell and just before the termen and parallel with it is a broad, dark brown fascia, and between it and the discal spot is a narrower, less pronounced and slightly convex, dark brown fascia. The hindwings are dark brownish fuscous.
''Proceedings of the United States National Museum'' 47 (2043): 7
References
Moths described in 1914
Compsolechia
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